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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 7, 2017 | Christie's | London | Old Masters Evening Sale | 8 | $****** - ****** | Saint Sebastian after His Ordeal |
paintings
197.2 x 139.7 cm (77.63 x 55 in)
oil on canvas
(Possibly) Palazzo Borghese, Rome, from where acquired by,
Melchior Cardinal de Polignac (1661-1742), Paris.
(Possibly) Anonymous sale; Mssrs. Langford, The Strand, London, 26 March 1778 (=2nd day), lot 45, as ‘St. Sebastian shot with Arrows’: ‘The terrible subject the artist has rendered in a manner new, by the poetical manner in which he has treated it. The presence of the angels shew that the saint has received the crown of martyrdom. The cherub, who is employed in pulling out the arrows, seems to suffer with him; his sympathy is pictured in the most lively manner in his attitude and countenance. The colouring and execution speak for themselves. It would be to affront the taste of the spectators to presume to make any encomium on it; all who have seen it allow it to be the most capital picture of this subject in the world, that of Raphael himself not excepted.’
In the collection of the present owner’s family since the 19th century.
